MECHANISM OF THE FORMATION OF SEMINAL FRUCTOSE AND FOETAL FRUCTOSE
MECHANISM OF THE FORMATION OF SEMINAL FRUCTOSE AND FOETAL FRUCTOSE
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10.1016/0006-3002(60)90086-x
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1960-01-01
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HERS, HG
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HERS, HG
Slices of sheep seminal vesicles irreversibly convert glucose to sorbitol and sorbitol to fructose. The fructose formed from [I-14c]glucose is labelled only in position I. The same conversions are catalyzed by extracts of seminal vesicles in the presence of glucose-6-phosphate, TPN and DPN [triphosphopyridine nucleotide and diphosphopyridine nucleotide.] The conversion of glucose to fructose and sorbitol by slices or extracts is inhibited by glucosone and glucuronolactone. The conversion of sorbitol to fructose is inhibited by ethylenediaminetetra-acetate, which inactivates the ketose reductase. These observations as well as the presence of sorbitol in the fresh gland indicate that the conversion of glucose to fructose by seminal vesicles takes place according to the reactions: [image] Sum: Glucose + TPNH + DPN+ [long dash]> Fructose + TPN+ + DPNH The presence of the aldose reductase in the placenta of the ewe, of the ketose reductase in the liver of the foetus and of sorbitol in the foetal blood indicates that the foetal fructose can be formed by the same mechanism, glucose being converted to sorbitol in the placenta and sorbitol to fructose in the liver. The various mechanisms by which glucose could be converted to fructose are discussed.